Parma, Buffon: “We have to do more to be special”

The declarations of Crusader captain Gianluigi Buffon, made public at the end of the Parma-Genoa match, are valid for the twenty-third day of the Serie BKT Championship.

“We call it a victory and that’s it. Whatever pride is worth, it cannot be worth a match, you have to be able to carry it over time and you have to be able to perform certain types of performances, even from a character and emotional point of view, like we did against Genoa. If there is a flaw that I have found in our team, and I do not mean the club, fans or journalists, it is that we lack emotional balance. This is a team that thinks about being the protagonist and can’t help but have emotional balance. That is, we start with the first match against Bari, we score after 3 minutes, but you felt that we as a team thought we were in Serie A. At the 25th minute we were 1-2 and you felt the energy of the team. that was again in crisis. And this cannot bring results. We must know that with certain characteristics, certain motivation, we can be a good team. Without them, we are a normal team, and normal teams don’t achieve anything great over time. They always come for the fuck. So this is a responsibility that we, the players, from the oldest to the middle, but also the youngest, have to take on. We all have to accept this because it is unacceptable and unpleasant to see Parma, this heritage of team and football history, riding a roller coaster. As for the command group, from this point of view, we must make a breakthrough.”

“Now back to the conversation, well done game, direct Serie A, playoffs. But you have to do it as the press and the fans, and it’s only right that you talk about it and dream about it. It is right to have this enthusiasm. We have to keep it and know that in order to win matches you have to sweat and fight, today we fought. We fought because we took the lead against a great team, we played 70 minutes of good football, in a good formulation we put the desire not to concede goals and be compact, the desire to help and drag each other along. If this is not enough for you, we will become a normal team, even if you have people called Buffon, Vasquez. Last year we finished thirteenth! If I was a youngster and heard everyone say that Parma is strong, but we are thirteenth, I would be surprised that it is not so. During this time, the coaches have also changed, and everything can be said, except that the last two coaches that we had are two coaches who have more wins than appearances in Serie B. Something had to change, and we as a team should understand this. We have to take on such a responsibility and desire, we have to put in something else to amaze, to emerge and strive for excellence. Otherwise we will be mediocre and we don’t want to lead a mediocre life, I have another 40 years to lead a mediocre life. I always want to strive for excellence and everyone should feel it here. Otherwise, the person raises his hand and says that he is mediocre.”

FANS AND CIVILIZATION OF PARMA
“Fans? I stayed to talk to them because I’m the captain, they called me and today was a special day. There was a legitimate argument in the pre-race, how can you say it’s not? I’ve known some guys all my life and you can’t I can’t understand the frustration of a fan who doesn’t necessarily want to win but wants to see meaning in the path you’re on. brilliant result. And how can you say something to these people? With the civilization of chance, the civilization of Parma and the Parma fans. This is a way to express yourself to the whole world, no need to break the glass. Messages come if you want, and this is the best way. And it’s also right what they did.”

Change cannot come in a week, some seeds may germinate. Wounded pride. When I lose matches against Parma, I feel bad. I play for the club, for the coach, for the people. And letting these people down makes me sick. And so, if the individual feeling is always the same between victory and defeat, it is clear that you will not go too far. If, on the other hand, when you lose, you feel pain and burning, you will find yourself losing fewer games. This is what I learned over time. I hope we all feel this disappointment. What we say to each other in the locker room must remain a secret. I’m glad that from time to time, by touching certain keys, you can get some answers. And this bodes well for me, but we should not be misled. We have to stick our heads in the tank when facing games that stay that way. But do not win, so as not to regret. Ending the season without regrets also gives you a sense of self-worth. We need to come to an understanding of what we are really worth. And then the necessary corrections will be made.

WE NEED TO DO MORE TO BE SPECIAL
“I ask myself when I played and it didn’t go well, I went home and was very miserable. What else could I do on and off the field? I always ask myself this. And this way of thinking, if we manage to make it common, we all grow a little bit together. And the limits that we have shown so far, we will move on and above, becoming a better team. But inside every person there should be such a desire, self-love. To say that I can not accept the holding of meaningless championships. We are not a team of idlers at all, we are a team of decent guys who work 100 percent every day. But this is not enough, we need to change our mentality, change our attitude to work, get closer to models that can possibly be successful and understand why they are successful. And what matters even against important teams, as we saw in the game against Inter, is the heart and the head. And what do we have inside. If we understand this, we will be able to take those high places, which perhaps we deserve. But today the classification says that we are seventh. So this means that other teams have turned out to be stronger and more teams than us. What we have done so far is not enough, it encourages us to continue holding such championships. If, on the other hand, each of us rises up against this situation, then it is not certain that we will go to Serie A, but in the end we will have the feeling that we are on a virtuous path. Relationships that cannot lead to being special: we, considering also the age at which we, in addition to two or three years, great youth, must feel the desire to be special inside. Because we have the opportunity to have a company that gives us everything, and when you are lucky enough to have such a company, you should ride this luck.